A10 The Ukraine's independence drive no longer seems like an improbable, passing whim.

Even Sajudis, the movement that unified Lithuania's independence drive four years ago, has divided into several different camps.

The capital is almost unrecognizable 21 months after Russia sent in troops to quell the independence drive.

The Ukraine, another major neighbor of Russia, already has an independence drive under way.

It was a major progenitor of the independence drive at a time when it risked a state condemnation.

After the war they resumed their independence drive with great vigor.

The movement led the independence drive and is now the republic's strongest political force.

They also say they fear abuse in a military that resents the independence drive in their republic.

Thousands of people demonstrated today outside the Lithuanian legislature to protest the steep price hikes and the republic's general independence drive.

The independence drive in 2012-2013 was also percieved as disloyal at a time in which Spain is going through a severe economic and social crisis.